Tan Ky - Bright colors

(Baonghean) - Overcoming the difficulties of harsh natural conditions and traffic obstacles, ethnic minorities in Tan Ky district have united, enthusiastically competed in labor production, strongly transformed crop varieties, created valuable products; besides, opened up new potentials for small-scale industry, craft villages, attracted investment resources for infrastructure to create a foundation for development...

Effective models

The peak drought of the year greatly affected agricultural production in Tan Ky district. However, after only 2 months, the green color of sugarcane has spread throughout the hills; along the banks of the Con River, corn and beans have also begun to grow green. And then there are the lush beans, cassava, and acacia... In the communes of Tan An, Dong Van, and Huong Son, under the foot of the rocky cliffs, the reclaimed land is full of gravel, but many households still have an income from sugarcane of nearly 100 million VND/year.

Brick and tile production using new technology in Tan Ky.

Nowadays in Tan Ky, people use streams and creeks to raise fish, build dams to store water or invest in irrigation for farms. In conditions of land and soil that are not favorable for intensive agriculture, Tan Ky people have promoted their dynamism and diligence in developing goat and chicken farming models, taking forestry as their main occupation. Thanks to that, up to now, Tan Ky has had 820 hectares of forest protected, newly planted 1,735 hectares of acacia and mesophyll forests, reaching 121% of the plan; continuing to protect 28,265 hectares of forest. The whole district has up to 47 farms that meet the criteria of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development according to Circular 127/2011, with income from 100 to 700 million VND/year/farm. Today, going to Tan Ky, it is easy to see effective agricultural models in all communes: Growing green squash on double-rice land, growing clean vegetables, growing cassava in Nghia Hop commune, growing giant apples in Ky Son commune, intensive farming to increase sugarcane productivity, sample rice fields, chili fields, Australian cow breeding model, breeding cows, raising pigs on biological bedding, processing peeled wood in Nghia Dung commune, developing winter crops to increase crops on double-rice land in Nghia Thai and Nghia Phuc communes; raising fattened cows in Ky Tan commune...

Promote industry and handicrafts

Identifying industry and handicrafts as an effective direction for economic restructuring, with favorable outputs and exploiting the potentials in the area, over the years, Tan Ky district has always paid attention to mechanisms and policies for the development of industry and handicrafts. Regarding industrial establishments, the highlight in the area is the Song Con Sugar Factory with a capacity of 5,000 tons of sugarcane per day. The district has an agricultural promotion program, accompanying the factory, the raw material area is increasingly developed and cared for, creating increasingly strong cooperation between the "3 houses" (State - business - farmer).

Tan Ky also plans and focuses on investing in brick and tile craft villages in the area; building brands and reputation for local products, supporting the conversion of new technologies in craft villages, and at the same time attracting investment in building high-quality tunnel brick and tile factories, investing in roads to Nghia Hoan industrial cluster; urging investors to speed up the progress of the tunnel brick factory in Ky Son commune; thereby creating a prestigious brick and tile production center in the whole province. The district also fully licenses sand and gravel mining ports in the area, creating an additional budget revenue of 3 billion VND per year. In 2014, Tan Ky's industrial products had a good growth rate such as: diameter products increased by 24.7%; exploitation of construction materials such as sand increased by 12.6%, gravel increased by 11.1% compared to 2013...

Promote infrastructure construction

Transport and irrigation infrastructure has been a major concern for the Party Committee and authorities at all levels in Tan Ky district for many years. Realizing that poor infrastructure will hinder development and cannot create a competitive advantage in general development, in recent years, Tan Ky has attracted and mobilized investment sources to develop transport, irrigation, canals, and schools, creating a breakthrough in development, improving production conditions and people's lives.

Road construction in Nghia Thai commune.

The district has completed and put into use many important projects: Tan Hong suspension bridge, road to Tan Hop commune center - Thung Khien eco-tourism area, Giai Xuan - Tan Phu road, road leading to Ro ferry suspension bridge, Nghia Dong commune, concrete road according to the National Target Program on New Rural Construction. The whole district has nearly 400 km of asphalt and concrete roads, of which 36 km were invested in 2014 from programs and projects; there are 287 km of concrete canals, increasing the stable irrigation area to 6,437 ha, an increase of 900 ha compared to 2010; repairing Vinh dam, Bi dam, Giai Xuan dam, Bai Quyen dam. Currently implementing the projects: Road to Tien Ky commune center, Khe Ngang lake, Nghia Dung commune, Bai Quyen lake, Nghia Phuc commune, road to Phu Son commune center; inner-town roads, lighting system in Tan Ky town...

Arouse the spirit of patriotic emulation

In the patriotic emulation movement to build the homeland, Tan Ky has seen hundreds of outstanding examples. A typical example is Ms. Pham Thi Thuy Vinh, Vice Principal of Tan Ky High School, who voluntarily works every Sunday to better fulfill the school's common tasks, saves money to support staff, teachers and students in the school with difficult circumstances, and takes advantage of time to nurture excellent students and tutor weak students. Mr. Nguyen Viet Hoc, an official of Tan Long commune, voluntarily opened a free home-based class for disadvantaged students from grades 6 to 9, saving personal expenses to buy and repair necessary equipment for the operation of this special class, and at the same time supporting disadvantaged students from 50,000 VND to 100,000 VND/student, rewarding students who score 10 from 10,000 VND to 20,000 VND to encourage their learning spirit. He also adopted and sponsored a child to study at home for 3 years of junior high school; proactively built a savings fund to help families of children with serious illnesses, and children when they are sick with an amount from 100,000 to 800,000 VND. Each member of the Party Cell of Huong Son Commune Health Station saved 30,000 VND/month to buy notebooks for poor students overcoming difficulties at Huong Son Primary School; Each cadre and party member in the agency works extra on the third Saturday of every month, visiting families to examine and provide health advice to people over 80 years old. Over the past 5 years, women's associations at all levels in the district have saved: 250,204,000 VND, 44,488 kg of rice, 15,770 working days, built and repaired 62 "Shelters of Love"...

Article and photos:Chau Lan